To dress oneself smartly and often ostentatiously, especially for a special occasion.

穿戴整齐：尤指为某特殊情况而打扮得漂漂亮亮、花枝招展

(2)

To add embellishing details to in order to make much more attractive.

添饰物：为使其更具有吸引力而添饰物

语源

(1)

From Doll

源自 Doll

(2)

nickname for Dorothy

Dorothy的绰号

注释

The word doll has come up in the world, at least if up means moving from the backstairs to the nursery. Doll andDolly were originally nicknames for Dorothy. Doll, along with other names like Jill and Nan, took on the generic sense of “a mistress,” so we have Shakespeare's Doll Tearsheet and Ben Jonson's Doll Common. This association probably caused the name Dorothy to go out of use temporarily, about the time near the beginning of the 18th century when we find doll first recorded for a child's toy. Doll came to refer to larger beings again, however, for in the latter part of the 18th century it was once more applied to women, this time to pretty, empty-headed women. Doll has gone on to more general applications, and a man can be a doll as well.

To dress oneself smartly and often ostentatiously, especially for a special occasion.

(2)

To add embellishing details to in order to make much more attractive.

语源

(1)

From Doll

(2)

nickname for Dorothy

注释

The word doll has come up in the world, at least if up means moving from the backstairs to the nursery. Doll andDolly were originally nicknames for Dorothy. Doll, along with other names like Jill and Nan, took on the generic sense of “a mistress,” so we have Shakespeare's Doll Tearsheet and Ben Jonson's Doll Common. This association probably caused the name Dorothy to go out of use temporarily, about the time near the beginning of the 18th century when we find doll first recorded for a child's toy. Doll came to refer to larger beings again, however, for in the latter part of the 18th century it was once more applied to women, this time to pretty, empty-headed women. Doll has gone on to more general applications, and a man can be a doll as well.